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Table 6 Means and mean rank sums for the domain on cognition—Comparison between ICU survivors and controls at the time of completing the questionnaire

From: Long-term health-related quality of life and burden of disease after intensive care: development of a patient-reported outcome measure

 

Issues

Mean

Mean rank sum

p-value

ICU survivors

Controls

ICU survivors

Controls

Cog1

Difficulties finding words

2.10

1.98

283.92

278.15

0.677

Cog2

Difficulties finishing sentences

1.72

1.47

291.65

265.66

0.040

Cog3

Losing the thread easily

1.88

1.46

302.73

246.23

0.000

Cog4

Don't remember what you have said

1.68

1.44

293.57

260.18

0.008

Cog5

Don't remember what you have done

1.46

1.22

294.28

257.11

0.001

Cog6

Think you have done something but you haven't

1.44

1.20

296.86

256.42

0.000

Cog7

Forgotten what you were going to get

2.30

2.11

283.64

272.82

0.427

Cog8

Need to be reminded to do an activity

1.57

1.29

265.27

236.39

0.007

Cog9

Difficulties thinking clearly

1.93

1.60

295.96

259.70

0.007

Cog10

Need for memos

2.40

2.27

284.43

275.63

0.529

Cog11

Difficulties remembering names

2.39

2.36

283.09

285.84

0.845

Cog12

Difficulties remembering general knowledge

1.69

1.63

253.68

247.39

0.599

Cog13

Difficulties remembering what you have read

1.95

1.77

272.88

260.12

0.324

Cog14

Difficulties remembering previous TV-episode

1.67

1.45

230.68

211.66

0.078

Cog15

Difficulties learning new things

1.71

1.50

230.61

219.21

0.287

Cog16

Difficulties remembering numbers

1.76

1.70

269.08

268.84

0.984

Cog17

Difficulties being on time

1.28

1.17

270.79

258.38

0.127

Cog18

Missed a scheduled meeting

1.14

1.04

260.82

249.87

0.064

Cog19

Mistaken which day of the week

1.77

1.41

297.31

251.46

0.000

Cog20

Forgotten where you have put something

2.26

2.34

273.42

297.58

0.082

Cog21

Need to double-check things

2.09

2.08

277.60

287.75

0.461

Cog22

Difficulties finding your way around

1.51

1.38

286.37

274.76

0.263

Cog23

Someone has said that you have memory problems

1.59

1.29

295.43

259.51

0.002

Cog24

Worrying about having memory problems

1.61

1.43

288.59

270.33

0.118

Cog25

Difficulties taking initiatives

1.89

1.53

298.98

252.38

0.000

Cog26

Difficulties prioritizing

1.73

1.59

245.72

235.74

0.378

Cog27

Difficulties concentrating

2.04

1.72

293.39

261.40

0.017

Cog28

Difficulties finding alternative solutions

1.59

1.34

234.77

208.96

0.010

Cog29

Time spent reading*

2.81

2.91

274.23

288.36

0.311

Cog30

Memory/thinking difficulties affecting QoL

1.80

1.40

262.02

214.63

0.000

Cog31

Worrying about your memory/thinking

1.78

1.52

295.25

266.15

0.021

  1. *Reversely coded response scale